Architectural Relief with Figures and Animals: udstillet

The figures on these panels appear to represent divine couples (mithuna), celestial females (apsarases), and women making offerings to a male ascetic figure or demigod. These divine beings are considered auspicious, and their presence on the exterior walls of temples is said to secure blessings and protection for the sacred space inside.

Architectural Relief with Figures and Animals

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Standing Rama Wearing High Headdress and Dhoti, Chola period, 13th century

Architectural Relief with Figures (Fragment of a Column), 9th century-10th century

Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga, or Standing Meditation, Posture and Protected by a Five-Headed Naga, 7th-8th century

Standing Three-Headed Shiva, Karakota period, circa 700-900